Today we returned to Central Park, where I hunted down a Hamilton statue and then we made our way (successfully) to the Met. I want to live in the Met. It was amazing. They had a whole gallery of Greek statues, and it took all of my willpower to finally leave. I also found the Hamilton portrait.

We had another walking tour today, this time superhero themed. We saw the apartment of Norman Osborne, the church from Daredevil, the News building from Superman, the old Timely Comics building (which later became Marvel) and  Grand Central terminal where the big fight scene in The Avengers took place.

The tour guide was excellent and super informative. He told us all about how when filming the iconic Avengers fight scene on the bridge the film crew had an issue with the lampposts. The lamp posts were green, which meant they wouldn’t show up because of the green screens they needed for the aliens and Hulk. So they painted the lampposts red. And without asking anyone! He said they reached out to the city officials but no one answered right away because it was memorial day long weekend. So they just went ahead. Finally they got a response of, “No, of course not! It’s a national monument!” But it had already been done and after a very good clean up they sort of let it slide.

After the walking tour we went to an excellent vegan burger place to eat before Freestyle Love Supreme. We ordered our food and then realized we were totally strapped for time. We scarfed the food down as soon as it was done and half-ran to the theater.

We were luckily on time and got to our seats no problem. One of the usher people saw I was wearing my Beetlejuice sweater and geeked out with me about the musical which was neat. Freestyle Love Supreme itself was awesome. Like the name suggests it was all freestyle rap and the cast could really think on their feet! (There was a little kid beside me who came with her dad and I felt a bit bad because of all the lewd jokes they were making. I just hope they all went over her head.) There is also always a special guest who makes a little appearance in the show. I was really apprehensive about that because they said that there was a chance Lin could be there. (He wasn’t)

I really just wanted it to be someone I knew. The moment came, and it was none other then Josh Groban! I was thrilled. He was great. I really hoped he would stay behind after and stage door, but it was cold and there were lots of people (including two tiny, very enthusiastic and slightly terrifying girls) and he slipped out the back. Everyone else came out though. I didn’t manage to get any pictures of inside the theater because they lock your phone in a pouch for the show so that no one can leak any info.

-Andra